The table makes Arsenal Women the bigger side: 2nd against 7th of 12 last season. Against the block the other keeps: Brighton & Hove Albion Women takes 0.62 points a game, Arsenal Women 2.50 -- the block form is Arsenal Women's.
Brighton & Hove Albion Women: 22 league matches in the bank, all from last season. Arsenal Women: 22 league matches in the bank, all from last season.
The question this step asks
Step one is THE TABLE: rank against rank, and the blocks -- the table cut into a top, middle and bottom block, drawn from last season's final standings. The question is not just where each side stands but how it behaves against the company the other keeps: does it play to rank against the blocks above and below, or come apart?
The two sides
Brighton & Hove Albion Women -- at home
Where it stands
Has not played a league game yet this season, so the current table says nothing about it. Last season it finished 7th of 12 in this division.
Its block
By last season's final table it sits in the middle block (5th to 8th). Blocks are drawn from last season because its season has not started yet.
Against today's opponent's block
Today it faces a side from the top block (1st to 4th). Against that block it has won 1, drew 2, lost 5 of 8 -- 5 points of 24. At home against them: won 1 of 4. Away against them: won 0 of 4.
Across all the blocks
Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 1, drew 2, lost 5 of 8 (0.62 a game); against the middle block won 3, drew 0, lost 3 of 6 (1.50 a game); against the bottom block won 3, drew 3, lost 2 of 8 (1.50 a game).
Arsenal Women -- away
Where it stands
Has not played a league game yet this season, so the current table says nothing about it. Last season it finished 2nd of 12 in this division.
Its block
By last season's final table it sits in the top block (1st to 4th). Blocks are drawn from last season because its season has not started yet.
Against today's opponent's block
Today it faces a side from the middle block (5th to 8th). Against that block it has won 6, drew 2, lost 0 of 8 -- 20 points of 24. At home against them: won 4 of 4. Away against them: won 2 of 4.
Across all the blocks
Across the blocks, over the last two seasons: against the top block won 2, drew 3, lost 1 of 6 (1.50 a game); against the middle block won 6, drew 2, lost 0 of 8 (2.50 a game); against the bottom block won 7, drew 1, lost 0 of 8 (2.75 a game).
Built 00:09 from matches completed before
kick-off. Every figure is an observed count with its denominator —
not a forecast, and nothing here is a tip or a selection.